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For sale is my 1983 Yamaha XS650 Chopper. The motor has about 12,000 miles an it completely stock. The hardtail is a David Bird with a 2 inch drop and a 4 inch stretch. I'm selling this bike to fund another project. This has been my daily rider for the past few years. I have not had a...

I'm looking for a slimline front mc. Anyone have one?

I'm changing the oil for first time since I've had the bike. I searched throughout the forum and I just want to make sure I'm adding the proper amount of oil. I going to be adding 7.5 ounces. I just wanted to make sure this the right amount for my 83 heritage special. From XSLeo

I have a david bird hardtail with 4 inch stretch. I've been getting a weird shimmy/vibration at around 55MPH. If I go a bit faster it goes away and I can't feel anything below 55mph. I don't think its an out of balance tire because it's not a constant vibration. It seem to be more along the...

I narrowed a sporty tank and there are about a half dozen pinholes in the tank. How are you guys marking your tanks so you can weld up the pinholes? I filled a giant cooler with water and filled the tank with air. I see the bubbles where I have pinholes but when I tried marking the tank with...

I just bought a brakeline from 650 central and I was who wondering what torque is required to attach the banjo fitting to the actual brakeline. I'd also like to know what torque is required for the actual banjo bolt itself. Ive heard that 650 central sells delicate bolts or fitting and I don't...

I'm looking to upgrade my master cylinder and brake line and the master cylinder I have uses a m8 1.25 fitting. I've checked mikes, jp and Dennis kirk and no one seems to have them. Any clue where I can get one in the USA? I see a few from china on eBay but I'd rather not buy on from over seas.

I have an 83 heritage special and I'm looking to add single front brake line instead of the two piece with a junction. My front brake is stock and I'm trying to use this small master cylinder. Does anyone recognize it? I got it from a friend and I'm not sure of the bore size. The banjo bolt...

I see they are a new advertiser. Has anyone dealt with them before? There prices seem awesome but I don't want to buy crappy parts. Oring chains for $25 seems way too good to be true.

I've heard that some of you will re-use your oil filters. What do you use to wash your filters? I need to change my oil and I usually have a few extras laying around but this time I don't. Can these be washed and reused? Here's the filter that I want to clean...

Anyone going? Nelson's ledges is about 20 minutes outside of Youngstown Ohio. I'll be riding out Saturday morning/afternoon. https://www.facebook.com/events/278196418924230/

Im trying to jet a 76 with bs38's. Stock jetting for that year is 25 and 122.5. I'm running 1.5 straight pipes with velocity stacks. I was going to try and bump up the pilots and mains up 2 sizes. Do you think going up two sizes on both the pilots and mains will be good for this set up? Thanks

I have a 4 1/2 headlight with a 55 watt h4 bulb. Would a 5 3/4 headlight with the same bulb be way brighter then the 4 1/2? Or should I just buy a different wattage/type bulb for my 4 1/2?

My head gasket is leaking a bit and I'm going to re-torque the head bolts. I was wondering anyone's had luck picking up brass washers from grainger or a local hardware store. The washers are 22mm. OD x 10.5mm. ID x 4mm.

I'm running 34's and whenever I take the carbs off and re-install them they leak a bunch of gas until I manually shut off the petcock. Once I reopen the petcock everything seems fine. Are my floats too high? Maybe the float valve? Everything seems ok when I take them apart and my floats are...

We've been working on this bike for about a year and and half and it's just about finished for now. I finally got it all back together and got it running. Here's a link to my build thread. I hope you like it!

Hey guys, quick question. My bike is kick only with a small battery. Do I need to use that heavy ground coming off the starter or can it be deleted? Thanks:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

I lost a piece to my top motor mount and I was thinking of making my own mount. Who's built there own? Can I see some pics?

I found this last week and I thought I'd share. It's a PDF on how to make a table lift. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2560129/Motorcycle%20Lift%20assembly%20plans.pdf

I have a small shop in my garage and I need to buy a new compressor. I had a 35 gallon HF and it ate shit on me. I was going to buy one of those 60 gallon compressor's but I didn't realize I'd need to run black pipe and a filtration system. I'm looking for something that will work for air...